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Gateway by Joseph Konzal
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.
Gateway
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.

Gateway

Artist
Year1978
Classification sculpture
Medium coated cor-ten steeland weathering steel
Dimensions144 x 96 x 72 in. (365.8 x 243.8 x 182.9 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
  • The monumental four-ton sculpture Gateway is an example of the abstract geometric forms that predominate the later portions of Konzal's career.  The Cor-ten steel used for Gateway is a copper alloy designed to produce a protective rusted patina that visually enhances the volumetric sculpture.  Konzal asserted that the goal of contemporary

    sculpture is "to create a spare, challenging, austere shape-enigmatic and provocative-that will stir the mind and heart, evoking a feeling of strength and confidence."